In some of the final games of the first day at IEM Katowice, Natus Vincere took down TheMongolz 16-6 on de_cbble while NiP scored a surprise victory over Luminosity with a 16-13 score on de_mirage.

For the next two group stage matches at IEM Katowice's Group A, Natus Vincere looked to improve their 2-2 record in the group by taking on the weakest team of the bunch, The MongolZ.

On the other hand, Luminosity of Brazil who remained undefeated in the group faced off against Ninjas in Pyjamas, who stood at 1-3 and therefore had no chance of advancing to the playoffs of IEM Katowice, marking the first time the organisation will be unable to play in the Spodek Arena.

friberg played a big part in the Luminosity takedown

Despite being fan favourites as a team who struggled to obtain visas from the event and won the Asia Minor, The MongolZ had to concede with an eventual 0-5 record as their game with Natus Vincere started with a promising 6-9 half for the Mongolian team on the T-side of de_cbble, but saw Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács & co. run away to a 16-6 victory on the second half.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 6 2nd March 2016 The MongolZ 16Cobblestone 6

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	28 - 12	+16	116.5	1.78
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	21 - 10	+11	92.0	1.51
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	19 - 8	+11	85.6	1.42
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	18 - 13	+5	82.4	1.24
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	11 - 16	-5	87.4	1.04

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatTsogoo	22 - 15	+7	86.8	1.30
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaMachinegun	12 - 20	-8	80.2	0.80
Otgonjargal 'Menace' GanzorigMenace	8 - 22	-14	61.1	0.59
Bold 'ncl' Batsuhncl	8 - 20	-12	46.5	0.50
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaZilkenberg	9 - 20	-11	50.1	0.48

The second match meanwhile delivered up quite a surprise as Luminosity went up 12-3 on their CT-side against NiP but a strong performance from Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg and his teammates somehow brought the Swedish team back into the game and gave them a map win at 16-13.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 LuminosityMatchpage 13 16 2nd March 2016 Ninjas in Pyjamas 13Mirage 16

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	28 - 18	+10	99.1	1.51
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	25 - 19	+6	81.0	1.20
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	21 - 16	+5	71.7	1.15
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	15 - 21	-6	74.0	0.90
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	17 - 21	-4	57.2	0.89

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	20 - 20	0	74.8	1.15
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	20 - 21	-1	79.0	1.11
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	20 - 21	-1	84.0	1.05
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	19 - 23	-4	76.7	0.90
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	16 - 21	-5	53.3	0.69

The table for Group A therefore appears as follows (with fnatic versus mousesports set to end soon):

#	Team	W	L	Diff	Points
1.	Luminosity	4	1	+18	12
2.	fnatic	3	1	+16	9
3.	Null element Natus Vincere	3	2	+12	9
4.	mousesports	2	2	+5	6
5.	NiP	2	3	+1	6
6.	TheMongolz	0	5	-52	0

Group B of IEM Katowice will kick off tomorrow and determine the second team to automatically advance to the semifinal as well as the two teams which will move on to the quarter-finals.

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